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quorum sensing

noun

Definition of quorum sensing

: a regulatory mechanism of bacteria that involves the release of molecules which when present at threshold concentrations signal the expression of bacterial genes controlling specific group actions (such as the formation of biofilms)

First Known Use of quorum sensing

1994, in the meaning defined above

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